‘Goth Innocence’ by Toni Maticevski on display at the Powerhouse Museum

Since 1993, the exhibition has featured the work of around 142 students, many of whom have gone on to outstanding careers in fashion. A selection of eight of these (recommended to us by the teachers at each of the respective schools) are featured in the exhibition with 1-2 outfits from their latest collections. Among these include Prue Rainey and Lauren Vieyra, Whitehouse Graduates who both now design for Cue; Timo Rissanen and Alana Clifton-Cunningham, UTS graduates who have both gone onto careers in academia (Timo is Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Sustainability at Parsons in New York and Alana is a Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles at UTS), as well as Toni Maticevski, RMIT graduate; Dion Lee and Micaela Ezra, FDS graduates; and Gabriel Lee, Raffles graduate who have gone on to create their own very successful self-named labels.

Also featured in in the exhibition are the most recent top fashion design graduates from 2012 – Ryan Samways of Whitehouse, Kathleen Choo of UTS, Inder Dhillon of The Fashion Design Studio and Andriana Jacky of Raffles. Two outfits are showcased in the exhibition from each of these designers, including some very edgy, yet sophisticated, menswear by Ryan Samways, a seam free laser cut industrial wool felt dress by Kathleen Choo, a glomesh evening dress inspired by Gustav Klimt’s painting Water Snakes II by Inder Dhillon and a magnified rose petal print outfit by Andriana Jacky(above).

Student Fashion is showing at the Powerhouse Museum from March 8 until early August, 2013.